Adjustable bearing



Patented May l5, r1922?.

y UNITE STAT. v i rniisn, or 'rinnvnniiriinsesl Il ADJUs'rnBLE BnanrNG.

.'Applicati ined January f'ie'zz.- serial 'not 52213409 f l To altrui/roml t may concern .Be Iit known that I, Enr/inn L. Fassa, a

i citizeni'of the United-States, residing at Ilevna, in the countyI of Reno 'and State ofl Kansas, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements'in Adjustable Bearings,

of which the following is aspecification,

` ployed to designate like parts throughout t able heads 16, each surface ofthe hexagonal This. invention relates to new and useful improvements 1in bearings of the adjustable` type .and more particularly v to those designed for eliminating end thrusts of` shafts journaled therein. I

v With this ob'ect'and others lin view the invention aims to 1lrovide a simple, yet durable means for. adjusting the bearing faces.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentv during the course of the followingdescription7 In the drawing forming a part of the description and wherein like numerals are emonly one half of the bearing, it being un' derstood that the other half is of identically the same construction.. Each half of the bearing consists of `an elongated body portion 4 which has a semi-circular recess 5 eX- tending longitudinally thereof in the well known manner to provide part of a journal for a shaft. The exterior surface of the body portion in the present instance is .of conveXed configuration. Opposite ends of the body portion are provided with outwardly projecting flanges G which extend entirely around. the convex outer face of the body portion. The inten mediate portion of the body is equipped with av pair of spaced flanges 7 which also extend around the outer surface of the body to reinforce the same. An apertured lugl 8 extends laterally from each side of the body intermediate of its ends and web portions 9 are provided between the lugsand body to reinforce the lugs and prevent breakage thereof.

Each half 'of the' bearing is also adapted 'to embody acseparate'half` l'of 'aringx-likie". member which provides i the bearing with "a removableor adjustable end lfaceuShims.

11 are adapted to be positioned between one;

end flange 5 and the semi-ring face 10'when f .compensation for wear ijs sought The body portionefbetween onelflange 7y and the flange 6 adapted to bef'associatedwith the adjustable. face 10 is kprovided with;

a pair of inclined openings 12'as is 'the last mentioned vflange l7 *and 'the' lsemi-ring face 10 and shims 11. Itis -to be particularly noted that the openings'through.theadjust-l able faces lO'are screw threadedto cooperate' with lthe lower threaded rends' lof'a pair. of tie rods or 'bolts 14." The outerfendslvof the bolts adjacent the heads .15 thereof are.

adapted to pass through the -transverseiopenf ings in the ribl 7.. The heads of the-bolts may be formed integral with the' Shanks` thereof ory may be hexagonal shaped detachhead beingequipped with adepression for l the insertion of a tool'for turning the shank 14:. VVh'en'the heads 16 aredetachab-le from y the shaft, means 17 of vany suitablecharacterA are interposed between the heads 16 andll.

n is Weil known that arrastrar beting i in constant use become subject to end thrusts, and especially crank shafts in internal combustionengine.y This longitudif A nally movement of the shaft produces a. disv agreeable knock thepresence of which is a source of annoyance. Therefore the ab ove. de-

scribed bearing has been v,devised toi-lovercome this end play .of the crank shaft and in order to yremedy the same, any number ofy shimsll may be interposed between one end of the bearing and the adjustableV face plate 10 to increase the length of the bearing.` It

will of course be understood that the shims 11like the face plate 10 are the halves of ring l like vplates and may bel as easily assembled upon the shaft as the end plates 10. After the desired number of shims have been in terposed .in the manner herein stated, the

bolts 14 are passed through theopenings in the ribs 7, body /ft shims and farce plates 10 and screwed down until theface plates'are securelyclamped against the shim and the' shims in turn clamped firmly aga-inst the flanged end of the bearing` i The two halves ofthe bearing are then assembledfinthe welll known manner and boltsare passed through the alinedY apertured ears or lugs and nuts applied soil as to reta/inthe halves of `the bearing injoperativeengagement with the The foregoing description and acoompa vnying drawings have reference to what might be considered to be the approved forni 2 of theinvention, I desire to be understood l that I may makeehanges in the eonstrncl' with the passage in the body,7^and abolt extended thru the passage in the body and NJ f , tion, combination, and arrangementof parts,

materials, dimensions, ete., as may prove eX- pedient and :tfall-` Withinthe scope of the appended claims.' 1j I i lilavingV thus'fnlly described my invention d What I elaiinas new and desire to seeure by LetterslPatent, is-

vbody and having an opening therein to aline opening in ythevfaoe plate and having its headarranged at theperiphery of the body.` 2. A bearing'section comprising a body portion having an inclined opening therethrough extending longitudinally thereof and. ,openingint'oi the outer periphery of the body, a faoe plate yassociated with the" i body portion and having a threaded opening adapted to aline with the opening through the body portion and said boltv having its head arranged on .the periphery ofthe/body portion,l and ai' bolt Aextended through said Y opening to adjustably mount the faceplate .upon the body portion.

3.*A bearing section comprising a. body portion having an outwardly.y projecting *I L iange thereon provided [with `an ik opening, saidxbody portion beingl `also provided vWithl an opening adaptedvto aline with vthat in the rib, a" faceplate 'detaohablyassociated V with the bodyportion and having athread ed Openingthereinto alinefwith the opening aforesaid, 'shims interposed vbetween' -"the body portion and face plate, ,and a bolt extended through said'openings and 'into said` l threaded opening toolamp the lface plate to the body portion. in testimony whereof I afiixmyj signatnre'V in presence of two Witnesses.

` Witnesses: f SIMON BOLLINGER, ELsin H. FnnsE. 

